2017 Audi A5 And S5 Sportback (USA)
Just a day after Audi detailed the new A5 and S5
Coupe models for the U.S. market, the German company has done the same for the
Sportback variants.
The Sportback models
will debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show and retain the updated design of the
Euro-spec cars. They will arrive in U.S. dealerships in the spring of 2017.
The new Audi A5 Sportback will be
offered with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine putting out 252 hp and 370 Nm of torque. When joined with the seven-speed S tronic dual-clutch
transmission, it will accelerate 0 to 96 km/h in 5.7 seconds, just 0.1
slower than the A5 Coupe.
The more potent S5 Sportback features a 3.0-liter
TFSI V6 engine delivering 354 hp and 369 lb-ft of torque. It has
an eight-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission that helps to achieve a 0-60
mph sprint time of 4.5 seconds.
Key mechanical similarities between the duo is
quattro all-wheel drive, a self-locking center differential, wheel-selective
torque control, redesigned front five-link suspension and an optimized position
for the steering-rack.
Just like the variants offered elsewhere around the
world, U.S.-bound A5 and S5 Sportback models are offered with the same 7.0-inch
or 8.3-inch infotainment systems alongside Audi’s ever-impressive 12.3-inch
virtual cockpit.
